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Vanadium
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1 Periodic Table

1.1 Symbol

V

1.2 Group Number

5
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Gadolinium
0 17

1.3 Period Number

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Lithium
2 7

1.4 Block

d block

1.5 Element Family

Transition Metal

1.6 CAS Number

7440622
Rank: 27 (Overall)
Aluminium
7429905 54386242

1.7 Space Group Name

Im_ 3m

1.8 Space Group Number

229.00
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Plutonium
11 229

2 Facts

2.1 Interesting Facts

  • Vanadium is a highly reactive metal, hence it is not found free in nature.
  • Vanadium can be found in almost 65 different types of minerals.

2.2 Sources

Found As a By-product, Found in Minerals, Mining, Ores of Minerals

2.3 History

2.3.1 Who Discovered

Andrés Manuel del Río

2.3.2 Discovery

In 1801

2.4 Abundance

2.4.1 Abundance In Universe

1 * 10-4 %
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Thallium
5E-09 0.11

2.4.2 Abundance In Sun

~0.00004 %
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Beryllium
1E-08 0.1

2.4.3 Abundance In Meteorites

0.01 %
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Gold
1.7E-07 22

2.4.4 Abundance In Earth's Crust

0.02 %
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Radium
9.9E-12 8.1

2.4.5 Abundance In Oceans

0.00 %
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Protactinium
2E-23 1.1

2.4.6 Abundance In Humans

0.00 %
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Radium
1E-13 1.4

3 Uses

3.1 Uses & Benefits

  • Its ally with steel is used very tough and hence it is used in armor plates, axles, piston rods, tools and crankshafts.
  • Its oxide is used as pigments for glass and ceramics.

3.1.1 Industrial Uses

Aerospace Industry, Automobile Industry, Chemical Industry

3.1.2 Medical Uses

NA

3.1.3 Other Uses

Alloys

3.2 Biological Properties

3.2.1 Toxicity

Toxic

3.2.2 Present in Human Body

60% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

3.2.3 In Blood

0.00 Blood/mg dm-3
Rank: 36 (Overall)
Plutonium
0 1970

3.2.4 In Bone

0.00 p.p.m.
Rank: 31 (Overall)
Plutonium
0 170000

4 Physical

4.1 Melting Point

1,890.00 °C
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Francium
27 3410

4.2 Boiling Point

3,380.00 °C
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Flerovium
147 5660

4.3 Appearance

4.3.1 Physical State

Solid

4.3.2 Color

Blue-Silver Grey

4.3.3 Luster

Metallic

4.4 Hardness

4.4.1 Mohs Hardness

6.70
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Cesium
0.2 8.5

4.4.2 Brinell Hardness

600.00 MPa
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Cesium
0.14 3490

4.4.3 Vickers Hardness

628.00 MPa
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Palladium
121 3430

4.5 Speed of Sound

4,560.00 m/s
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Thallium
818 16200

4.6 Optical Properties

4.6.1 Refractive Index

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
1.000933 1.7229

4.6.2 Reflectivity

61.00 %
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Molybdenum
58 97

4.7 Allotropes

6% - Transition Metals Metals have it !

4.7.1 α Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.2 β Allotropes

Not Available

4.7.3 γ Allotropes

Not Available

5 Chemical

5.1 Chemical Formula

V

5.2 Isotopes

5.2.1 Known Isotopes

22
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Tennessine
0 38

5.3 Electronegativity

5.3.1 Pauling Electronegativity

1.63
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Francium
0.7 2.54

5.3.2 Sanderson Electronegativity

1.39
Rank: 17 (Overall)
Cesium
0.22 2.56

5.3.3 Allred Rochow Electronegativity

1.45
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Cesium
0.86 1.82

5.3.4 Mulliken-Jaffe Electronegativity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cesium
0.62 2.48

5.3.5 Allen Electronegativity

1.53
Rank: 26 (Overall)
Cesium
0.659 2.7

5.4 Electropositivity

5.4.1 Pauling Electropositivity

2.37
Rank: 34 (Overall)
Gold
1.46 3.3

5.5 Ionization Energies

5.5.1 1st Energy Level

650.90 kJ/mol
Rank: 42 (Overall)
Cesium
375.7 26130

5.5.2 2nd Energy Level

1,414.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 47 (Overall)
Ruthenium
710.2162 28750

5.5.3 3rd Energy Level

2,830.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Osmium
1600 34230

5.5.4 4th Energy Level

4,507.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 25 (Overall)
Thorium
2780 37066

5.5.5 5th Energy Level

6,298.70 kJ/mol
Rank: 23 (Overall)
Dubnium
4305.2 97510

5.5.6 6th Energy Level

12,363.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Seaborgium
5715.8 105800

5.5.7 7th Energy level

14,530.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Bohrium
7226.8 114300

5.5.8 8th Energy Level

16,730.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Hassium
8857.4 125300

5.5.9 9th Energy Level

19,860.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Yttrium
14110 134700

5.5.10 10th Energy Level

22,240.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Strontium
17100 144300

5.5.11 11th Energy Level

24,670.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Yttrium
19900 169988

5.5.12 12th Energy Level

29,730.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Molybdenum
22219 189368

5.5.13 13th Energy Level

32,446.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 12 (Overall)
Molybdenum
26930 76015

5.5.14 14th Energy Level

86,450.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 1 (Overall)
Molybdenum
29196 86450

5.5.15 15th Energy Level

94,170.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 2 (Overall)
Manganese
41987 97510

5.5.16 16th Energy Level

102,300.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 3 (Overall)
Iron
47206 109480

5.5.17 17th Energy Level

112,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 4 (Overall)
Cobalt
52737 122200

5.5.18 18th Energy Level

121,600.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 5 (Overall)
Nickel
58570 134810

5.5.19 19th Energy Level

130,700.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Copper
64702 148700

5.5.20 20th Energy Level

143,400.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Molybdenum
80400 171200

5.5.21 21st Energy Level

151,440.00 kJ/mol
Rank: 8 (Overall)
Molybdenum
87000 179100

5.5.22 22nd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum
93400 184900

5.5.23 23rd Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: 100 (Overall)
Molybdenum
98420 198800

5.5.24 24th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
104400 195200

5.5.25 25th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
121900 121900

5.5.26 26th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
127700 127700

5.5.27 27th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
133800 133800

5.5.28 28th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
139800 139800

5.5.29 29th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
148100 148100

5.5.30 30th Energy Level

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Molybdenum
154500 154500

5.6 Electrochemical Equivalent

0.38 g/amp-hr
Rank: 71 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.16812 8.3209

5.7 Electron Work Function

4.30 eV
Rank: 18 (Overall)
Cesium
2.14 5.65

5.8 Other Chemical Properties

Anti Corrosion, Ionization, Radioactive Isotopes

6 Atomic

6.1 Atomic Number

23
Rank: 83 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.2 Electron Configuration

[Ar] 3d3 4s2

6.3 Crystal Structure

Body Centered Cubic (BCC)

6.3.1 Crystal Lattice

6.4 Atom

6.4.1 Number of Protons

23
Rank: 82 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.4.2 Number of Neutrons

28
Rank: 61 (Overall)
Lithium
4 184

6.4.3 Number of Electrons

23
Rank: 82 (Overall)
Lithium
3 117

6.5 Radius of an Atom

6.5.1 Atomic Radius

134.00 pm
Rank: 43 (Overall)
Beryllium
112 265

6.5.2 Covalent Radius

153.00 pm
Rank: 33 (Overall)
Beryllium
96 260

6.5.3 Van der Waals Radius

200.00 pm
Rank: 28 (Overall)
Zinc
139 348

6.6 Atomic Weight

50.94 amu
Rank: 77 (Overall)
Lithium
6.94 294

6.7 Atomic Volume

8.78 cm3/mol
Rank: 56 (Overall)
Manganese
1.39 71.07

6.8 Adjacent Atomic Numbers

6.8.1 Previous Element

6.8.2 Next Element

6.9 Valence Electron Potential

120.00 (-eV)
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Francium
8 392.42

6.10 Lattice Constant

303.00 pm
Rank: 58 (Overall)
Beryllium
228.58 891.25

6.11 Lattice Angles

π/2, π/2, π/2

6.12 Lattice C/A Ratio

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Beryllium
1.567 1.886

7 Mechanical

7.1 Density

7.1.1 Density At Room Temperature

6.00 g/cm3
Rank: 66 (Overall)
Lithium
0.534 40.7

7.1.2 Density When Liquid (at m.p.)

5.50 g/cm3
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Lithium
0.512 20

7.2 Tensile Strength

800.00 MPa
Rank: 6 (Overall)
Indium
2.5 11000

7.3 Viscosity

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Mercury
0.001526 0.001526

7.4 Vapor Pressure

7.4.1 Vapor Pressure at 1000 K

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Cerium
2.47E-11 121

7.4.2 Vapor Pressure at 2000 K

0.23 (Pa)
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Tungsten
2.62E-10 774

7.5 Elasticity properties

7.5.1 Shear Modulus

47.00 GPa
Rank: 16 (Overall)
Potassium
1.3 222

7.5.2 Bulk Modulus

160.00 GPa
Rank: 11 (Overall)
Cesium
1.6 462

7.5.3 Young's Modulus

128.00 GPa
Rank: 15 (Overall)
Cesium
1.7 528

7.6 Poisson Ratio

0.37
Rank: 7 (Overall)
Beryllium
0.032 0.47

7.7 Other Mechanical Properties

Ductile, Malleable

8 Magnetic

8.1 Magnetic Characteristics

8.1.1 Specific Gravity

5.96
Rank: 53 (Overall)
Lithium
0.53 4500

8.1.2 Magnetic Ordering

Paramagnetic

8.1.3 Permeability

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
1.25643E-06 0.0063

8.1.4 Susceptibility

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Bismuth
-0.000166 200000

8.2 Electrical Properties

8.2.1 Electrical Property

Superconductor

8.2.2 Resistivity

197.00 nΩ·m
Rank: 19 (Overall)
Thallium
0.18 961

8.2.3 Electrical Conductivity

0.05 106/cm Ω
Rank: 35 (Overall)
Plutonium
0.00666 0.63

8.2.4 Electron Affinity

50.60 kJ/mol
Rank: 20 (Overall)
Mercury
0 222.8

9 Thermal

9.1 Specific Heat

0.49 J/(kg K)
Rank: 10 (Overall)
Americium
0.11 3.6

9.2 Molar Heat Capacity

24.89 J/mol·K
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Beryllium
16.443 62.7

9.3 Thermal Conductivity

30.70 W/m·K
Rank: 39 (Overall)
Neptunium
6.3 429

9.4 Critical Temperature

Not Available
Rank: N/A (Overall)
Ytterbium
26.3 3223

9.5 Thermal Expansion

8.40 µm/(m·K)
Rank: 46 (Overall)
Tungsten
4.5 97

9.6 Enthalpy

9.6.1 Enthalpy of Vaporization

458.60 kJ/mol
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Zinc
7.32 799.1

9.6.2 Enthalpy of Fusion

17.57 kJ/mol
Rank: 14 (Overall)
Cesium
2.1 35.23

9.6.3 Enthalpy of Atomization

514.60 kJ/mol
Rank: 13 (Overall)
Mercury
61.5 837

9.7 Standard Molar Entropy

28.90 J/mol.K
Rank: 52 (Overall)
Beryllium
9.5 198.1